https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050383
Elastic Green's function of icosahedral quasicrystals
Institut für Theoretische und Angewandte
Physik,
Universität Stuttgart,
Pfaffenwaldring 57,
70569 Stuttgart,
Germany
Corresponding author: a juergenb@itap.physik.uni-stuttgart.de
Received:
18
December
1997
Accepted:
6
March
1998
Published online: 15 August 1998
The elastic theory of quasicrystals considers, in addition to the "normal" displacement field, three "phason" degrees of freedom. We present an approximative solution for the elastic Green's function of icosahedral quasicrystals, assuming that the coupling between the phonons and phasons is small.
PACS: 61.44.Br – Quasicrystals / 62.20.Dc – Elasticity, elastic constants
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